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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Santalales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum   FAMILY Santalaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phoradendron leucarpum   FAMILY Viscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Phoradendron leucarpum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Phoradendron leucarpum

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in Phoradendron leucarpum (Viscaceae) (Abbott & Thompson, 2011)

Phoradendron serotinum ssp. serotinum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Phoradendron leucarpum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 061-01-001:

Phoradendron serotinum   FAMILY Loranthaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phoradendron eatonii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phoradendron flavescens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phoradendron macrotomum

 

COMMON NAME:
American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe


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image of Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum, American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phfl2_001_lvd

        

image of Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum, American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe

JK Marlow    jkm0301a_09a

January    Greenville County    SC

image of Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum, American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe

JK Marlow    jkm0302b_07

February    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum, American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe

JK Marlow    jkm0402f_05

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum, American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe

JK Marlow    jkm130224_300

February    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

image of Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum, American Mistletoe, Christmas Mistletoe

JK Marlow    s041216_a

December    Pickens County    SC

Greenish branches with opposite, oblong, leathery leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. leucarpum   FAMILY Santalaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phoradendron leucarpum   FAMILY Viscaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phoradendron leucarpum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Phoradendron leucarpum

SYNONYMOUS WITH New combinations in Phoradendron leucarpum (Viscaceae) (Abbott & Thompson, 2011)
Phoradendron serotinum ssp. serotinum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Phoradendron leucarpum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 061-01-001:
Phoradendron serotinum   FAMILY Loranthaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phoradendron eatonii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phoradendron flavescens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phoradendron macrotomum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1067

Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Parasitic on various species of trees, especially abundant in swamp forests (perhaps because they are less frequently cut and have older, more mature hardwoods), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Greenish
Radially symmetrical
Petals absent
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/SpringFall
White
Berry

 

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